How to Start Training Your Puppy

You can’t start training your puppy soon enough, they start learning and remembering from a very young age so it is the best time for training a puppy to follow the basic commands and behaviour. Training a puppy isn’t easy but it is worth putting the time and effort in now so that you have a well behaved and friendly adult dog. This guide will help you in the process of training your puppy and helping you to avoid some of the easy mistakes.

Training a Puppy

By the time you collect a puppy from a breeder they will have already learnt quite a lot and developed their personality. If you start training a puppy early, you will have a much better chance of the training being successful and it is much easier to correct bad habits in a puppy than in an adult.

One of the main problems with training your puppy is to know where to start. A good way of maintaining some sort of structure to your training is to make a list of the traits that you most want from your dog and concentrate on the most desirable, it could be a dog that doesn’t bark or doesn’t jump up. The basics that should be taught to every dog are to sit, stay, not to pull on a lead and to go to the toilet outside.

Training your puppy to get used to going in and out carrying box or crate will save some headaches in the future should they need to go to the vet.

The internet is a fantastic resource when you train a puppy. You may well encounter problems that you can’t overcome. There are many people online who will have had the same problem and will be happy to help you.

Similarly, it will be easier to gain an understanding of dog psychology on the internet. This can’t be overlooked when training a puppy. Many people let their puppies get away with anything because they look cute, or they treat them like children. It is important to understand how a dog’s mind works to get the best results from your puppy training.

Consistency is by far the biggest thing to observe when you train a puppy. It is unreasonable to expect a puppy to understand that he is not allowed to beg for food if you feed him food from the dinner table at meal times.

Puppies thrive you use a training method that revolves around rewards. Dogs are pack animals and want to please the leader (you) so when they do something well, reward them with attention or a treat. Keep practicing training your puppy until they observe your commands every time.

Once this has been done you can move on to other things such as playing fetch, shaking hands and playing dead. Training your puppy on a reward based system will make it a fun experience for the both of you.